UPDATE: The investigation of Sgt. Michael Tietjen is nearly complete. Last August, he ran his SUV onto a sidewalk full of protesters and referred to them as "cockroaches."

The last batch of rulings OPA released on 4/9 contained two sustained charges against him. Image ID: Blue circular gra...
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In case 2020OPA-0531, released earlier this month, Tietjen was riding in the same GMC Yukon used to run up on the sidewalk with some other officers when they taunted a transwoman by asking if she had a "dick" under her skirt. SUMMARY OF INVESTIGATION:Th...
Tietjen (NE#4) in this case was given a reprimand for a professionalism charge.

Full case file here: seattle.gov/Documents/Depa… Named Employee #4 (NE#4), a...
In case 2020OPA-0494, OPA sustained a finding for use of force against Tietjen for pushing a man down

Discipline is still pending

Full case file here: seattle.gov/Documents/Depa… Image
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